Consultations

Consultation seeking stakeholders’ views on the proposed approach to technical amendments to NI domestic legislation relating to food and feed safety and hygiene, food compositional standards and food labelling (including nutrition labelling).

Consultation seeking stakeholders’ views on amendments to Retained EU Law for Food and Feed Safety and Hygiene for the end of the Transition Period.

Responses are requested to inform a post-implementation review of the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013.

Consultation on the guidance for hunters and retailers on the safe handling, preparation and supply of wild game and wild game meat.

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has today published a consultation on its draft report on lower carbohydrate diets for people with type 2 diabetes.

A new survey is being commissioned to monitor tissue nitrate levels in domestically grown leafy green vegetables. We invite your comments on the survey design and how the occurrence data might be used to identify potential mitigation measures to further reduce nitrate levels.

A new survey is being commissioned to monitor levels of acrylamide and furans in UK retail foods. We invite your comments on the survey design and how the occurrence data might be used to identify effective mitigation measures and steps to further reduce levels of acrylamide and furans.

Consultation seeking stakeholders’ views on an amendment to The Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 which will make it an offence if a food business operator uses a prohibited substance listed in Part A or is non-compliant with the conditions of use for substances listed in Part B of Annex III within Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006.

We would like your views on our proposed statutory instrument that will introduce rules for indicating the country of origin or place of provenance of the primary ingredient of a food.

New legislation, which will come into force on 1 October 2021 will change the way in which food businesses in England are required to provide allergen information on prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) food. There are proposed updates to the existing Technical Guidance on Food allergen labelling and information requirements to reflect these new legal requirements.